Woven-wire fabric



Patented Sept. 21,1926. 7 p

sirens-so: Morris's-son, orsnavna FALLS, rEnns'yLvAnm.

woven-w ns FABRIC."

Application filed February 12; 1925; 7 Serial No. v 8,808,

This invention relatesv to a Woven wire fabric, suitable for use indoorIn-ats, conveyer belting, metal lathing and for other purposes.

a The invention has for its object the production of a fabric simple inits design and light in weight, but thoroughly braced, a fabric whichhas the same formation on both sides, so that it may be used either 10and which is formed with transverse hinge lines about which it may beeasily folded. When the fabric is laid flat, however, the portions ofthe connecting wires, forming, theupper face, all he inoneplane, as doalso the portions of the connecting'wvires forming the lower surface.The specific construction of my improved fabric and its advantages willbe more fully" explained in connection with the accompanying'drawing,forming apart of this specification.

In the drawing:

Fig. -1 is a plan view of a piece of fabric constructed according to myinvention;

Fig. 2 is a side view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1; y 7

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view with one of the transversewires removed, 30 in order to better illustrate the formation of theloops;v

Fig. i is a fragmentary perspective view of a slightly modified form ofthe invention; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

As illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the fabric comprises a succession oftransverse wires forming hinge lines, and extending from side to side ofthe fabric, theend portions of these wires beingbent substantially atright angles, as shown at 11, to form the edges of the fabric, andterminating in eyes 12, which form hinges about the next transversewire. The intermediate portions of the wires 10 are connected by aseries of wires which are looped about the transverse.

side up without any difference in results,

1 1: is thus beneathboth-def the transverse wires 10, and the: loop 15then passes upwardly about the second transverse wire,

and thence'obliquely alongside the same, -as

at 16,. for distance equal to the width of 'the mesh, then passesbeneaththetransverse V wire, and forms a loop about the same, as at 17,passing thence, as at- 18,;-to the first wire The secondconnecting-portion '18 is above both transverse wires, and is continuedV downwardly to form a loop -19 abou-tthe first transverse! wire, andthen continues: obliquely upwardly alongside the latter as indicated atc 20, forming another loop 21 about the same, from which the wire con.-tinues in the same manner. as before, until" it terminatesin an eye 22at" the other s-ide of the fabric;

By the construction described above, a fabric is formed whichisthorough-l-y braced,

yet light in weight, and which is freely flex.-

ible about any one of the transverse hinge wires 10. When the fabric islaid flat, all of the connecting portions 18 lie in a single plane andform the upper surface of the fabric, while all of the portions 14: hein a single plane which forms the lower surface of the fabric. The upperand lower surfaces are exactly alike, so that the fabric 8 may bereversed without any. change in its function. V 1 a In the modifiedconstruction shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the transverse hinge wires 10 arearranged in the same manner, and the. connecting wires are. looped inthe same manner, except that the'connect ing portions '23, which formthe upper surface of the fabric, alternate with the connecting por-,tions 24 which-form the lower surface of the fabric; whereas, in thefirst construction described, the connecting portions 18, forming theupper surface of the fabric, are arranged to form substantiallycontinuous longitudinal lines which alternate with similar longitudinallines formed by the lower connecting portions 14.

While L have shown and described in considerable'detail the manner ofconstructing the fabric, it is, of course, to be undera stood that thesedetails are capable of considerable modification without any materialdeparture from the salient features of the invention as expressed in theclaims.

What is claimed is:

1. A wire fabric comprising successive transverse wires forming hingelines across the fabric, and a series of Wires looped about thetransverse Wires to form a mesh Work, each Wire of said series having aportion running from one transverse Wire to the next above the same,each end of said portion continuing downwardly, to form a hinge loopabout the respective transverse WlI'Q and then continuing obliquely upofsaid series of vvires passing from a loop;

on one transverse Wire to the loop on the next, above both of saidtransverse Wires, then continuing alongside the second transverse Wireto another loop, and returning from the last-mentioned loop to a loop onthe first transverse Wire, said return porticn being beneath both ofsaid transverse Wires. i

3. A Wire fabric comprising successive transverse Wires, each of saidWires having end portions extending longitudinally of the fabric andforming hinge connections about the succeeding Wire, and a series ofWires looped about said transverse Wires to form hinges, each of saidseries of Wires passing above two ad acent transverse Wires and fornnngloops about both, then continuing alongside the respective transverseWires for the Width of the mesh, then forming another loop about thesame, and returning thence to the other transverse Wire, the returnportion being beneath both transverse Wires. 7

t; A wire fabric comprising successive.

transverse Wires, each of said Wires having end portions extendinglongitudinally of the fabric and forming hinge connections about thesucceeding transverse Wire, a series of Wires connecting the transverse\vires between the side edges of the fabric and looped about thetransverse Wires to form hinges, each of said series of connect- Wirescontinuing from side to side of nature.

THOMAS C. MOPHERSON.

